Comparison with MongoDB¶
Percona Backup for MongoDB is a fully supported community backup solution that can perform cluster-wide consistent backups in MongoDB. The following table compares Percona Backup for MongoDB with the MongoDB backup solutions:
| Feature name | Percona Backup for MongoDB | MongoDB Community mongodump |
MongoDB Enterprise | MongoDB Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open source software | Yes | No | No | No |
| Sharded cluster backups and restores supported | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Binary database export (logical backup) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Selective backup (logical) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in point-in-time recovery support | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Physical backup | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Incremental backup (physical) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Backup management interfaces | Percona Backup for MongoDB (CLI) PMM mongodump / mongorestore (CLI) |
- - mongodump / mongorestore (CLI) |
Ops Manager Cloud Manager mongodump / mongorestore (CLI) |
Atlas backups mongodump / mongorestore (CLI) |
| Multiple storages for backups | Yes | No | No | No |
What you get with Percona Backup for MongoDB¶
- Enterprise features without extra costs
- Works for both sharded clusters and non-sharded replica sets
- Simple command-line management utility. For backup management via a user interface, consider using PBM through Percona Monitoring and Management
- Simple, integrated-with-MongoDB authentication
- Distributed transaction consistency with MongoDB 4.2+
- Compatibility with different storage types: S3-compatible storage, Microsoft Azure Blob storage,
filesystemstorage type for locally-mounted remote filesystem backup servers
Last update:
October 7, 2025
Created: October 7, 2025
Created: October 7, 2025